The first round of the postseason tournament features a best-of-three games format. All twelve conference teams participate in the tournament. Teams are seeded No. 1 through No. 12 according to their final conference standing, with a tiebreaker system used to seed teams with an identical number of points accumulated. The top six seeded teams each earn home ice and host one of the lower seeded teams. The winners of the first round series advance to the
Xcel Energy Center for the
WCHA Final Five, the collective name for the quarterfinal, semifinal, and championship rounds. The Final Five uses a
single-elimination format. Teams are re-seeded No. 1 through No. 6 according to the final regular season conference standings, with the top two teams automatically advancing to the semifinals. All Final Five games will be broadcast by
Fox Sports North and carried by
Root Sports Rocky Mountain and
Fox College Sports Central.
Conference standings Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against ==Bracket==